To elaborate, have you ever used a feature-rich program like Emacs? Have you ever had the experience of hitting Ctrl-X-Ctrl-B by accident and going, "Wow, how did I do that?"
This functionality exists in Emacs: C-h l, view-lossage.
Motorola doesn't seem to believe in submitting benchmarks to SPEC, so I had to use some older RS6000 systems running AIX.
The SPEC benchmark is for complete systems, not the CPU. Motorola doesn't make any computers, so they can't submit scores. It is Apple who should do that work.
Not at all. In theory, an audio CD includes a lot of redundancy. You should be able to drill a 2.4 mm hole through a CD and still get no errors from the decoding. Even if you increase the diameter to 8 mm, there should no adverse effect on the music. Now, try to play such a CD on your own CD player. If it works according to spec, please report the brand.
A very detailed and interesting explanation of compact discs on the physical and logical level can be found at http://www.ee.washington.edu/conselec/CE/kuhn/cdau dio/95x6.htm
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To elaborate, have you ever used a feature-rich program like Emacs? Have you ever had the experience of hitting Ctrl-X-Ctrl-B by accident and going, "Wow, how did I do that?"
This functionality exists in Emacs: C-h l, view-lossage.
Motorola doesn't seem to believe in submitting benchmarks to SPEC, so I had to use some older RS6000 systems running AIX.
The SPEC benchmark is for complete systems, not the CPU. Motorola doesn't make any computers, so they can't submit scores. It is Apple who should do that work.
Kjetil T.
It's not out of print. Amazon says "it usually ships within 24 hours". It's a very inspiring read, so everyone should go get it!
Not at all. In theory, an audio CD includes a lot of redundancy. You should be able to drill a 2.4 mm hole through a CD and still get no errors from the decoding. Even if you increase the diameter to 8 mm, there should no adverse effect on the music. Now, try to play such a CD on your own CD player. If it works according to spec, please report the brand.
u dio/95x6.htm
A very detailed and interesting explanation of compact discs on the physical and logical level can be found at http://www.ee.washington.edu/conselec/CE/kuhn/cda